Bombers Must Neutralize Carney's Edge Rush to Solve Elks' Blitz-Heavy Front
Winnipeg's playoff math is simple: beat Edmonton on Friday and they're in. The X's and O's math is harder. The Elks have swept the season series by a combined eight points, and their defensive front is peaking at the worst possible time for Winnipeg — Malik Carney just posted four sacks in a single
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Winnipeg's Six-Lineman "Jumbo" Package Is the Engine of the Run Game — and a Second-Down Tell
The Bombers have used six offensive linemen on 21.7 percent of first-down snaps, the highest rate in the CFL, and Brady Oliveira is averaging 5.4 yards per carry behind it. But when Jason Hogan shifts back to 11-personnel on second down, Zach Collaros is just 18-of-34 for 201 yards with two interceptions — defenses are reading the substitution and sitting on the quick game.
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MBT Just Torched Dinwiddie — And Every Ex-Argo QB Is Nodding
McLeod Bethel-Thompson took his shot at Ryan Dinwiddie this week, and if you've been in that building since 2022, you weren't surprised. You were surprised it took this long. Here's the timeline Toronto would rather bury. November 20, 2022 — MBT starts and wins the 109th Grey Cup, 24-23 over Winnipeg. Three months later, February 2023, the Argos hand the franchise to Chad Kelly and MBT becomes a six-figure insurance policy. He never forgave it. February 2024 he's in Edmonton, by mid-season he's benched for Tre Ford, and by 2025 he's in Montreal watching Davis Alexander run his old division. Dinwiddie's got two Grey Cup rings, so he gets to wear the receipts. But count the bodies: MBT in '22, Kelly in '23 and '24, Arbuckle closing out the '24 championship. That's not a quarterback room, t